JOHN PHILLIP BOYD

Phillip.boyd8@gmail.com
john.boyd@johnboyd26@wixsitle.com

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

Gallaudet University, Master of Arts, American Sign Language Education, 2022

Temple Deaf College, Pastoral Theology, 1978

Gallaudet University, Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, 1975

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Trevecca Nazarene University (2018 to present)
• Teaches ASL 1 and Deaf Culture prerequisite courses to students majoring in Communication
Studies
• Teaches ASL 2 and Deaf Culture advanced language elective courses to Communication
Studies and other students
• Member of the planning committee to establish ASL interpreter training program

Adjunct Professor, Western Kentucky University (2013 to present)

• Teaches ASL 3 and Deaf Culture prerequisite courses to undergraduate students pursuing a
minor in American Sign Language studies
• Teaches ASL 4 and Deaf Culture prerequisite courses to undergraduate students pursuing a
minor in American Sign Language studies
• Collaborates with ASL instructors and students during student lab hours to help instructors and
students enhance signing skills and improve facial expressions
• Taught Fingerspelling prerequisite course to undergraduate students pursuing a minor in
American Sign Language studies, strengthening the building blocks of students’ ASL usage
and incorporating the use of numerals in a variety of contexts (2019)
• Taught ASL 1 and Deaf Culture prerequisite courses to undergraduate students pursuing a
minor in American Sign Language studies
• Taught ASL 2 and Deaf Culture prerequisite courses to undergraduate students pursuing a
minor in American Sign Language studies
• Created off campus experiences at designated sites and incorporated assignments requiring
students to attend and prepare reports of detailing experiences with the Deaf community into
syllabuses for courses taught

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SCHOLARSHIP

Presentation:

Taught workshop: ASL Mastery: The First Time Around in the PAH! (Preparing ASL Hearts
conference), Western Kentucky University, 2017- 2019

Taught workshop: ASL Mastery: Religious Signs (Preparing ASL Hearts conference),
Western Kentucky University 2015-2019

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

• Blackboard and Blackboard Ultra Training

• U.S. Department of Education: Protecting Student Privacy. (2022,September). FERPA 101:

Colleges and universities. [On-line• training]. USA.
https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/content/online-training-module

U.S. Department of Education: Protecting Student Privacy. (2022,September). FERPA 201:

Colleges and universities. [On-line• training]. USA.
https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/content/online-training-module

SERVICE

• Lead Pastor, Metro Nashville Deaf Community Church (2017 – present)

• Taught “ASL Mastery: The First Time Around” workshop during PAH! (Preparing ASL Hearts)
immersion weekend (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Taught workshop on ASL and religion, including traditional songs, during PAH! immersion
weekends (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• Delivered Biblical teaching to attendees during PAH! immersion weekends (2015-2019)
• Panelist for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing panel during PAH! immersion weekends (2015-2019)

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CERTIFICATIONS
• Ordained minister to the Deaf, First Bible Baptist Church (1979)
• American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA) (2015-2019)
• FERPA 101 Certified (2021)
• FERPA 201 Certified (2021)
• Title IV Section Certified (2021)
• Diversity, Equity and Belonging Certfied (2021)
• Tools for An Ethical Workplace Certified (2021)

CITATIONS:

• Harris, R. (2015). What is research? In R. Harris & F. Williams (Eds.), Research and Evaluation
in Education and Psychology, ASL Version (11:34 m.). Austin, TX: ASLChoice.
• Stone, A. & Williams, F. (2015). Experimental and quasi-experimental research. In R. Harris &
F. Williams (Eds.), Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology, ASL Version (26:23
m.). Austin, TX: ASLChoice.
• Davis, J., Harris, R. & Williams, F. (2016). Data collection. In R. Harris & F. Williams
(Eds.), Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology, ASL Version (14:24 m.).
Austin, TX: ASLChoice.

GRADUATE COURSES
• SIGN LANGUAGE MEDIA PRODUCTION
• SIGN LANGUAGE LINGUISTICS FOR SIGN LANGUAGE PROFESSIONALS
• METHODS OF SIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
• SPECIAL TOPICS: THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE LEARNERS
• SPECIAL TOPICS: WORLD LANGUAGE LEARNERS
• INTRODUCTION TO FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
• SEMINAR IN SIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION – PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION